Lifting handle for railroad motor cars



Sept. 3, 1929. G. J; ERMENTROUT LIFTING HANDLE FOR- RAILROAD MOTOR CARS Filed Nov. 15, 1928 3 E: fis il Patented Sept. 3, 1929.

UNITED STATES GEORGE J. ERMENTROUT, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

LIFTING HANDLE FOR RAILROAD MOTOR CARS.

Application filed. November This invention relates to improvements in handles for railway motor cars, and it is intended more particularly for use on a relatively small motor car where provision is made for quickly removing the car from the tracks.

To this endI have provided a pair of extensible or slidable lifting handles, whereby the one end of the car may be easily raised from the tracks by one or two men, and, by reason of the increased leverage thus obtained, the car will lend itself to easy handling.

The invention is more fully described in the accompanying specification and fully illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a railway motor car, more or less diagrammatically shown, with my improved extensible handles shown thereon.

Figure 2 is a detail view of one of the handles.

Figures 3, 4 and 5 represent the guide members for the handles.

The numeral 1 designates the frame and 2 the wheels of a railroad motor car, provided with the usual motor and transmission structures.

The numeral 5 designates the lifting handles, of which there are two, one at either side and projecting from one end of the car.

These handles are used when it is desired to lift the car from the track, and I have made the handles slidable or extensible, so that a very much increased leverage is obtained.

The handles are slidably mounted, each in a set of three guides members, 6, 7 and 9, located in alinement and secured to the frame of the car, to that each handle is slidable in its set of guides, and may be drawn 13, 1928. Serial No. 319,048.

out from the inner position shown at A in F1gure 1, to the extreme extended position The guide members are preferably made of sheet metal, bent to the form shown and provided with guide ways for the handles.

The handles are each provided with stop members 10 to limit the outward movement thereof, and each is provided with a metal strap 11 on its under side to prevent wear, the handle itself being preferably of wood.

It is evident that when it is desired to re move the car from the track, as is frequently necessary, it will not require four or more men to raise it from the track, but, when the handles 5 are withdrawn to their outermost position, the leverage is so increased that one or at most two men can raise the car, pivoting it on the wheels at the opposite end, and turning it until it can be drawn from the tracks.

When not in use, the handles are, of coulise, returned to housed position as shown at Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a railroad motor car, the combination of a set of wheels, a frame, two sets of handle guide members secured to the frame in alinement with each other, and a pair of lifting handles, each formed with a stop at its extremity and a. metal band on its lower side, slidably arranged in said guide members.

2. A lifting handle for railroad motor cars comprising a handle member formed with a stop on its extremity to limit its movement in one direction, a metal sliding plate on its under side and a set of guide mem bers attached to the frame of the car and through which the handle slides.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE J. ERMENTROUT. 

